Three hours southeast, Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl was in a similar state. "This doesn't work!" he yelled at his players during a mid-February session, his hands thrown up in th

The Crimson Tide and Wildcats were engulfed in a three-team SEC race with Tennessee when Kentucky rolled into Memorial (now Coleman) Coliseum on this late-January Saturday. Alabama big man Ricky Brown fouled out in the final two minutes, and Kentucky cashed in four straight free throws to clinch the victory.